Table adapters for mounting robotic arms to a surgical table

US11185455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Verb Surgical Inc. · US
• MAQUET GMBH · DE

Inventors

• David J. Cagle · Cincinnati, US
• Pablo Garcia Kilroy · Menlo Park, US
• Karen Shakespear Koenig · San Jose, US
• Jacob S. Gee · Cincinnati, US
• Wayne Grout · San Francisco, US
• Michael Schaller · Louisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2210/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a surgical table and an adapter coupled thereto. The adapter includes an interface structure, a first link member pivotally coupled to the interface structure at a first joint, and coupled to a second link member of the adapter at a second joint. The second link member can also be coupleable to a robotic arm via a coupling. The first joint can allow the first link member to rotate about a first axis defined in a vertical direction relative to the table top, and the second joint can allow the second link member and a robotic arm coupled thereto to move in a vertical direction relative to the table top. The first link member and the second link member collectively provide for movement of the robotic arm in at least one of a lateral, longitudinal or vertical direction relative to the table top.